Mayer Brown

Tax

Partner

Admitted to the Paris Bar, Laurent Borey is a partner in Mayer Brown’s Tax practice and is also member of the team leading the Mayer Brown Investment Fund Group. He previously served as one of the firm’s Tax practice leaders.

Laurent is one of France’s leading lawyers on private equity matters (fund structuring and transaction) for his work representing private equity sponsors and his vast experience in the structuring of large, complex, cross-border M&A transactions. Laurent also regularly advises prominent entrepreneurs on their personal tax matters and has developed a renowned expertise in tax litigation.

Over the last several years, he has advised and played a key role on many massive international deals, with deal values totaling more than $100 billion. These include: Sotheby’s (take private – Patrick Drahi’s holding), Mediawan (tender offer – KKR/ founders), Altice Europe (take private – Patrick Drahi’s), April (CVC), Altice spin-off of its towers and infrastructure business, Delachaux, Rubix (former name IPH), SIACI, Primonial, Webhelp, CPK (Eurazeo), Cooper (Charterhouse), Cablevision (Altice), Suddenlink (Altice), NextRadioTv (Group News Participation), Comexposium (Charterhouse), Balmain, Sandro Maje, Portugal Telecom (Altice), Express Roularta Group (Altice), Numericable-SFR (Altice), Worldwide Flight Services (LBO France), Labeyrie (LBO France), Elis (Eurazeo), Parex Group (CVC Capital Partners), SFR (Numericable), Hamleys (Ludendo) and Vivarte.

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